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Nylanderia dodo
| Nylanderia dodo | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Nylanderia |
| Species: | N. dodo |
| Binomial name | |
| Nylanderia dodo (Donisthorpe, 1946)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.03333333° to -20.03333333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Mauritius (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
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| Queen (ergatoid). Specimen code casent0055780. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0059506. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0101499. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0102299. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
  
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0102300. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dodo. Pseudolasius dodo Donisthorpe, 1946c: 782 (w.) MAURITIUS. Combination in Acropyga: Bolton, 1995b: 57; in Pseudolasius: LaPolla, 2002: 378; in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127.
Description
Palp formula 5,3.
References
- Williams, J.L., Zhang, Y.M., Lloyd, M.W., LaPolla, J.S., Schultz, T.R., Lucky, A. 2020. Global domination by crazy ants: phylogenomics reveals biogeographical history and invasive species relationships in the genus Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 45, 730–744 (doi:10.1111/syen.12423).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Donisthorpe H. 1946. New species of ants (Hym. Formicidae) from the Island of Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)12: 776-782.
- Donisthorpe, Horace. 1946. New Species of Ants (Hym., Formicidae) from the Island of Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of National History. 12:776-782.
- Donisthorpe, Horace. 1946. The Ants (Hym. Formicidae) of Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of National History. Ser. 11. 13:25-35.
- Fisher B. L. 2005. A new species of Discothyrea Roger from Mauritius and a new species of Proceratium Roger from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)56: 657-667.
- LaPolla, J.S. 2002. On the generic placement of Pseudolasius dodo (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with taxonomic notes on the genus. Transections of the American Entomological Society 128(3):377-383